Cotton-cleaner



(No Model.)

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COTTON CLEANER.

Patented Dec. 5, 1882:

INVENTOR ATTORNEYS I WITNESSES: C4,

which the following UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS W. STEELE, OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS.

COTTON-CLEANER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 268,566, dated December 5, 1882. Application filed July 15, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: v

Be it known that I, THOMAS W. STEELE, of Little Rock, in the county of Pulaski and State of Arkansas, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cotton-Cleaners, of is a full, clear, and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, forming a. part of this specification, and which is a sectional side elevation of my improvement.

The object of this invention is to thoroughly clean cotton inprepa-ring it for ginning.

The invention consists in acotton-seed cleaner constructed with an endless carrier for carrying the cotton through the machine. The forward part of the machine is covered by a curved casin g, and is provided with a toothed shaft to-force the cotton out of the receivingchamber. The rear part of the machine is covered with a casing inclosing a toothed cylin- The band M also der, by which the cleaned cotton is forced out of the machine, as will be hereinafter fully described.

The machine is designed to be interposed between an ordinary cotton-cleaner and a gin, so as to receive thecotton from the said cleaner and deliver it to the gin.

A represents the frame ofthe machine,which is incased at its sides.

In bearings attached to the end parts of the frame A revolve the journals of two rollers, B

around which passes an endless carrier, D. The carrier D is formed by attaching narrow slats at a little distance apart to narrow belts.

To the journal of the roller 0 is attacheda pulley, E, to receive a belt, F, from any convenient power.

To the journal of the roller 0 is also attached a pulley, G, to receive a belt, H, which is crossed and passed arountta pulley, I, attached to a journal of the shaft J. The shaft J crosses the machine a little above the endless carrier D, and its journals revolve in bearings attached to the sides of the machine.

To the shaft J are attached radial teeth or spikes K, which are made of such a length that their ends will pass close to the carrier D.

To a journal of the roller B is attached a pulley, L, around which 'passes a band, M. passes around a pulley, N, attached to the journal of the cylinder 0, the journals of which revolve in bearings attached to theupperrear'part of the frame A. To the cylinder 0 are attached radial teeth or spikes P.

The forward part of the machine is covered with a casing, Q, which inclines upward till it has passed the toothed shaft J K, and then curves downward and forward and terminates close in the rear of the said toothed shaft J K, with its lower edge at a little distance above the carrier D, as shown in the drawing, so as to form a large chamber above and in front of the toothed shaft J K. a

The rear part of the machine is provided with a casing, R, which covers the top and inner side of the toothed cylinder 0 P, and terminates with its lower edge at a little distance above the endless carrier D. I

In using the machine it is designed to be placed with its forward end close to the rear end of an ordinary cleaner, so that the cotton discharged from the said cleaner will enter the forward end of the machine above the carrier D and be thrown by the said cleaner into the chamber formed by the casing Q. As the cotton settles in the receiving-chamber it is taken by the toothed shaft J K and is thrown back, falls upon the carrier D, and is carried out beneath the edge of the casing Q. The cotton is carried by the carrier of the cylinder 0, is carried over the said cylinder, and is discharged at the rear end of the machine into a cotton-gin or other receiver.

By this construction the sand, soil, and other impurities that may be in the cotton will be separated from it, and will fall through the endless carrier D, while the cotton will be carriedforward and discharged, as hereinbefore described. 7

Having thus described my invention, I claim asnew and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A cotton-cleaner constructed substantially as herein shown and described, consisting of the endless carrier B O D, the toothed shaft J K, the toothed cylinder 0 P, and the casings Q It, as set forth.

2. In acotton-cleaner, the combination, with the endless carrier D, of the toothed shaft J K and its curved casing Q, and the toothed cylinder 0 P and its casing R, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby any sand, soil, or other dirt that may be in the cotton will be taken out, as set forth.

THOMAS W. STEELE.

Witnesses JAMES T. GRAHAM, G. SEDGWIOK.

D beneath the edge of the casing R, where it is taken by the teeth 

